Eleni Foureira

Eleni Foureira (Greek: Ελένη Φουρέιρα), born as Entela Fureraj on March 7, 1987 in Kić-Kès, Arias Isles, Lussantia, is a Lussantish singer, fashion-designer, actress, TV host and Queen.

Early career
Eleni Foureira was born as Entela Fureraj on 7 March 1987 in Kić-Kès, Arias Isles, Lussantia, to renowned fasion-deigner Marjeta Fureraj and Kristaq Fureraj. Before her singing career, she worked in her mother's shop, as she was interested in fashion-designing. She took guitar courses at school and entered the Federal Music School in Slubjana afterwards.

2008-2012 : Revelation, Ti Poniro Mou Zitas
In 2008, she participated in the 4th season of the talent show "Lussantia's Got Talent". She qualified for the final, only to be beaten by another Lussantish singer, Maja Keuc. However, she gained enough visibility to become a celebrity and she started, in 2010, to release several songs, notably "Kivotos tou Noe" with another Ariasan artist, Manos Pyrovolakis, and "Chica Bomb" with Dan Balan.

On 22 June 2012, her debut album, Ti Poniro Mou Zitas, was released, and peaked at #1 of the charts for 5 weeks.

2013-2016 : Worldwide fame, Anemos Agapis
On 22 December 2014, her second album, Anemos Agapis, was released. While the first songs did not have have a really big impact, she then released the eponymous song, Anemos Agapis. The song and the album then peaked at #1 in Lussantia and entered the charts in other countries for a large number of weeks.

2016 : Maia Song Contest, political engagement
On June 15, she won Lusjnska Pjsma za Bjrnska, the Lussantish national final for the Maia Song Contest 1 held in Farsknordi, Björnska, with the Greek-language song "Anemos Agapis", with 32 points, 5 points ahead of Jackie Thomas's "It's Worth It".

She then competed in the first-ever Maia Song Contest and performed 18th during the night. She finished at 9th position with 67 points.

She then hosted the cancelled Lusjnska Pjsma za Ocjnrudska, and will be the spokesperson for Lussantia in the Maia Song Contest 2 in Arceo, Oxenryd.

She also made the headlines by announcing, ahead of the 2016 Lussantish general election, her bid to become a MP for her birth constituency, Central-Arias-Kès-East. She declared herself as an independant candidate and explained this action by saying that "the people of my neighbourhoods are not correctly represented and there is a lot of poor people here. I want to bring the matter to the Althing and tell them to do something about this."

She finished 2nd of the vote, with 20.34% of the popular vote.

Due to her bid, the newly elected president, Ice Bear, appointed Foureira at the Ministry of Culture on 26 December 2016, saying that he thought that "Mrs Foureira is fit for the office as she is an artist herself" and that "she has an important message and she made our country proud in the whole world with her singing skills and her class". She humbly accepted the office, agreeing to slow down her career to concentrate on her ministry.

2018 : Fuego, The Fuegoshow with Eleni Foureira
After the release of her song "Fuego" in March 2018, which beacame a worldwide hit, Foureira was asked by the future LFR to host a weekly, prime-time music show putting five or six upcoming or established Lussantian musicians in competition, after refusals from other known singers. On May 12, the program was unveiled to be called The Fuegoshow with Eleni Foureira. Foureira will hold the role of both host and judge for this new musical program, created to "exploit the best Lussantian artists have to offer".

Rumours circulated that the show would get a special episode in order to select the Lussantian entry for the nineteenth edition of the Maia Song Contest.